How to Defend Humane Ideals

How to Defend Humane Ideals
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 0803219946
ISBN-13 : 9780803219946
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Book Synopsis How to Defend Humane Ideals by : James Robert Flynn

Download or read book How to Defend Humane Ideals written by James Robert Flynn and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the principal moral and psychological problems of our time is whether humane ideals can be defended. Loss of faith in the objectivity of ethics has encouraged a sense of hopelessness. The notion that no ideal is better than any other, that a humane commitment has no rational advantage over Nietzsche's contempt for ordinary people, has been accused of leaving our civilization without self-confidence or a purpose. James R. Flynn rejects attempts to salvage ethical objectivity as futile and counterproductive. Instead, he uses philosophical analysis to demonstrate the relevance of logic and evidence to moral debate. He then uses modern social science to refute racists, Social Darwinists, Nietzsche, and the meritocracy thesis of The Bell Curve. Flynn concludes that the great post-Enlightenment project?justice for all races and classes, the reduction of inequality, and the abolition of privilege?retains its moral dignity and relevance.


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